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LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Mississippi Studios (3939 N Mississippi Ave., Portland, OR)
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:[BACKWOODS PUNK]When you transplant a punk band from New York City into the Catskills, something’s gotta give. For Brooklyn quartet the Men, what gave was the piercing hard rock of which we’ve grown accustomed. But punk is in the band’s marrow, and it didn’t give completely. Newest record New Moon shows the band dabbling in some alt-country, Americana and even Southern rock elements without completely forfeiting the bracing musical persona that’s brought the group success. The track “I Saw Her Face” sums it up succinctly, beginning with big, sweeping Neil Young-like hooks before accelerating into a white-knuckled, smash-and-grab finale.